Recoil-pad.



J. H. WESSUN.

REOOIL PAD.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAY 27,'1908.

926,529. Patented June 29, 1909.

U @fa/niej UNITE SAIT Il FFIQE JOSEPH H. WESSON,

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM.

RECOIL-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 29, 1909.

Application filed May 27, 1908. Serial No. 435,205.

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. WnssoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Recoil-Pads, of which the following is a clear,full, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement for revolvers and similarhand-supported Weapons consisting of a recoil pad, and in thespecification and claim I employ the term revolver in its broadest senseas applying to any hand-supported fire-arm.

The object oi' my invention is an attachment for relieving the hand orat least that portion of the hand between the thumb and fore-iinger fromthe disagreeable eiects of the shock and recoil due to the iring of highcharge and large caliber cartridges.

My invention will be defined in the claim.

Figure l is a portion of a revolver frame showing my recoil pad attachedthereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of detached recoil pad.

Fig. I shows the frame of an ordinary revolver in which l designates themain body portion, and 2 the stock portion thereof. Although the stockand body portion are usually constructed in one piece to form a revolverframe, I use the term juncture of said stock and body portion of theframe, and by this I mean merely the corner 6 which usually marks theend of the portion of the stock which is grasped by the hand.

3 is my recoil pad and is composed of any suitable resilient material,such as rubber and the like. In the present embodiment this is securedby any suitable means such as cement or glue to a metallic base plato 5which is slightly concave in shape throughout its length for iittingover the rear side of the stock. Said base plate is provided withforwardly extending ears 4 adapted to embrace the sides of the frameadjacent to the juncture 6 between the body portion l of the frame andthe stock 2. In the present form I have perforated the ears 4 for thepurpose of receiving suitable screws for attaching them to the frame,but it is understood that this is only a preferred form and that othermeans may be equally well employed to secure the ears to the frame.

What I claim is:

In combination with a revolver frame having a suitable stock, of asubstantially Aflat pad of resilient material carried on a metal baseplate and adapted to rest beneath the hand in grasping the stock, saidbase plate having a concave longitudinal portion adapted to t the rearside of said stock adjacent to its juncture with the main body portionof said frame, attaching ears extending forwardly from each side edge ofsaid longitudinal portion for embracing the sides of said revolverframe, said ears being perforated to receive attaching screws forsecuring the same to said revolver frame.

Signed at Springlield this 20 day ot' May i908.

JOSEPH H. WESSON.

I/Vitnesses:

GEO. I). OHAPIN, ARTHUR F. Rows.

